Wilbur D. Kennedy Collection

Title

Wilbur D. Kennedy Collection

Description

The Wilbur D. Kennedy Collection contains materials related to the World War I career of Kennedy, a reconnaissance pilot for the 12th Aero Squadron (American Expeditionary Force). The collection includes a diary; extensive personal correspondence, primarily letters to Carmelite Kennedy; identification cards; military service papers, orders and memos; financial materials; assorted ephemera, postcards and clippings; Veteran's Administration papers; sixty-seven (67) photographs including aerial views, people and scenes in Germany; and oversized materials including a certificate and photograph album. The large photograph album traces his time from training in Minnesota and Ohio to service abroad along the French-German border, with significant views of aircraft, artillery, and wartime scenes.

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Date

1911-1925, 1944

Language

English
French

Rights Holder

The Museum of Flight Archives

Rights

Permission to publish material from the Wilbur D. Kennedy Collection must be obtained from The Museum of Flight Archives.

Bibliographic Citation

The Wilbur D. Kennedy Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2014-06-04

Collection Organization

Collection Items

[Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, June 5, 1918]
Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, June 5, 1918. Notes he has been promoted to Flight Commander and advises to get a copy of "Collier's Weekly," dated April 6, 1918, to see an image of the type of plane he is flying.…

[Buildings and surrounding countryside, Coblenz, Germany]
Photograph of buildings and surrounding countryside, Coblenz, Germany, January 16, 1919. Part of a sectional panorama.Inscription: "Sectional panorama of Coblenz from Water Tower Airdrome. Jan 16, '19. G20. 4 Photo Sec."

[Buildings and surrounding countryside, Coblenz, Germany]
Photograph of buildings and surrounding countryside, Coblenz, Germany, January 16, 1919. Part of a sectional panorama.Inscription: "Sectional panorama of Coblenz from Water Tower Airdrome. Jan 16, '19. G19. 4 Photo Sec."

[Buildings and surrounding countryside, Coblenz, Germany]
Photograph of buildings and surrounding countryside, Coblenz, Germany, January 16, 1919. Part of a sectional panorama.Inscription: "Sectional panorama of Coblenz from Water Tower Airdrome. Jan 16, '19. G18. 4 Photo Sec."

[Buildings and surrounding countryside, Coblenz, Germany]
Photograph of buildings and surrounding countryside, Coblenz, Germany, January 16, 1919. Part of a sectional panorama.Inscription: "Sectional panorama of Coblenz from Water Tower Airdrome. Jan 16, '19. G16. 4 Photo Sec."

[Buildings and surrounding countryside, Coblenz, Germany]
Photograph of buildings and surrounding countryside, Coblenz, Germany, January 16, 1919. Part of a sectional panorama.Inscription: "Sectional panorama of Coblenz from Water Tower Airdrome. Jan 16, '19. G17. 4 Photo Sec."

[Buildings and surrounding countryside, Coblenz, Germany]
Photograph of buildings and surrounding countryside, Coblenz, Germany, January 16, 1919. Part of a sectional panorama.Inscription: "Sectional panorama of Coblenz from Water Tower Airdrome. Jan 16, '19. G15. 4 Photo Sec."

[Stone bridge over Moselle River, Trier, Germany]
Photograph of a stone bridge over the Moselle River, Trier, Germany, circa 1919.Inscription on verso: "Roman Bridge at Trier."

[Trier Cathedral, Germany]
Photograph of Trier Cathedral, Trier, Germany, circa 1919.Inscription on verso: "Old Protestant church, Trier."

[Porta Nigra, Trier, Germany]
Photograph of the Porta Nigra, a large Roman gate in Trier, Germany, circa 1919.Inscription on verso: "Old Porta Nigra. Trier."
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